A motivation wall is bigger than a vision board, but is essentially the same idea. I spent time this week redoing my bedroom, getting rid of everything I did not need and selecting a wall to not only keep me organized, but motivate me as well.

I am a big fan of vision boards and visual reminders of goals, but I hadn’t updated my vision board for a while and felt my motivation swaying. I decided 2012 is my year for many things, not just finances, so I sat down to work out how to achieve this.

This is my updated vision board

My latest vision board

As you can see I have a lot of travel goals, a few items I would like to own, images of the body I would like (an an exercise routine to do it) the house I want, everything. I even write all the things I want to do on my bucket list and a few extras such as laser eye surgery, out like this:

My Bucket List

I have a few key areas in my life I needed to be more organized in and needed some motivation. Aside form a vision board and bucket list I knew I needed more motivation to achieve my goals. I am a very visual person so decided to dedicate a whole wall to it. It is the wall opposite my bed so I see it first thing every morning and it is the last thing I see at night.

Here’s my motivation wall

My motivation wall

As you can see on one side I have a calendar. Usually I would just have one where I can flip the pages and things but I know I need a full year calendar so I can see at a glance what is happening when. As each month passes it will be replaced with the month for the following year, so it will essentially be a 12 month rotating calendar.

I have a theme for each month to keep me focused and created the calendar using word. I will be using this to keep on top of our finances, track some of my blog things and just keep our lives organized.

Next I have the graph for how much we owe on our personal loan. It is a basic thermometer with each block worth $50. As we pay it off I colour it in. I created this as a new one the other day. The old one got a bit torn, but you can see how quickly selling things and throwing extra at your debt or savings can add up.

My Debt Graph, I'm an excellent artist!

I have listed my blog goals on another piece of paper for what I want to achieve this year. They include things like stats I would like to hit, the Alexa ranking I want to get to etc. Boring stuff.

Next to the debt graph is the savings graphs. Same idea but I wrote the words of where I want to go (as you can see on my wall above Tonga and America are my top priorities). Then the letters are broken up to be coloured in when e save money. Our debt needs to be repaid before I will start saving for those.

Saving chart for Tonga!

I have also put up some of my favourite quotes and bits of inspiration (click here to read a few, I’ll post more later). I’ll be changing these and adding to them when I find new ones.

This wall is the first thing I see every morning. I know I am more motivated when I can see exactly where I am heading with everything.

On top of creating this wall, I am in the process of making a household binder and a few other things to organize our lives more. I know lack of organization has cost us dearly. I’ll share them as I make them.

I love the thermometer colouring in idea! I am going to steal that one for savings – we don’t have any debt but we need quite a few things in this next 6-12 months (i broke our stove top by dropping a mug on it, the main toilet has broken and need a new one put in and our car is dying a slow death). I am a visual person too and bank statements are not colourful and fun and engaging and your idea is!

Kylie,
This is BRILLIANT!!!
I love the thermometer and Tonga divided into $50. What a brilliant way to help build momentum.
Thanks for sharing – I know I will be doing something similar.
Cheers,
Caylie